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proper nounEnloe (plural Enloes)
plural Enloes
- A surname.
This hierarchisation of deaths has been challenged by gender scholars, with Cynthia Enloe coining the notion of “womenandchildren” in her 1990 text "Bananas, Beaches and Bases" to critique the use of this abstract category.
2021 June 10, Iona Cable, ““Women And Children”: The Role Of Innocence In Human Rights Reporting”, in Human Rights Pulse, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024
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APA
Enloe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Enloe
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“Enloe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Enloe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Enloe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Enloe.
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